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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Wilson Dagongo" <willy_dago@mail.com>
Reply-To: willy_dago@live.com
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 18:47:18 +0800
Subject: Can you handle this contract?







Dear Friend,
I am writing to ask for your kind assistance to enable me execute a very
lucrative and high profiting supply business with you. It is with great
pleasure to share this business opportunity with you.I am very confident that
with trust and understanding, we will execute this business to our mutual
benefit and believe that you will not let down the trust and confidence I am
willing to repose in you.

I worked for an Agricultural Firm as the Corporate Affairs Manager. Between
the 17th - 19th of Feb., 2011 a seminar was held in Bouake, Cote d'ivoire of
which I attended. While in the Seminar, I was opportuned to meet the President
of Abdul Al-Gareeb Group(WA)Ltd, Alhaji Mahmoud Abdul Al-Ghareeb.
Alhaji Mahmoud Abdul Al-Ghareeb is an accomplished and widely known
millionaire farmer in this part of the region. He has farms in different
countries of West Africa. But above all, he is one of the greatest supplier of
cattles, beef
and other diary products in this part of the West Coast. On knowing my
profession, He took me into confidence by informing me about the purchase of a
particular but very rare medicine for his cattles.

He informed me that he buys this product at $5,000.00USD per carton, and that
he mostly buys to the excess of 1000 cartons. He also informed me that he was
only asking me to find out if my organisation could source for him a cheaper
supplier considering the recent trend of falls in the general price of beef in
the world market which is affecting his business.
Back in my office, I discussed this proposal with my boss and he decided to
handle the supply by himself. We carried out a market research and discovered
that we could purchase these medicine somewhere cheaper in Europe for
$2,300.00 USD per carton. We moved proposal to Abdul Al-Gareeb Group(WA)Ltd to
make the supply to them at $4,800.00 USD per carton of which he accepted.

Owing to my role in the transaction, I had an agreement with my Boss to be
receiving 30% of whatever gain is made on each supply of which he agreed. But
on the completion of the supply and the receipt of the payment, my boss
renegaded on our agreement and refused to give me my share of the profit.
Since then our relationship has been at its low ebb. I have since accepted it
as one of life experiences.

However as fate may have it, I intercepted a recent letter of request from
Alhaji Mahmoud Abdul Al-Ghareeb asking my boss to supply him with 1250 cartons
of the same product as soon as possible. I seized the letter And personally
contacted him and informed them that I can introduce them to the producer who
is ready to supply them the product at $4,200.00 USD. If he will pay in
advance as he usually does. He was very pleased and is right now waiting to be
contacted by my partner.
We will buy the medicine at $2,300.00 USD from Europe and sell at $4,200.00 to
Abdul Al-Gareeb Group(WA)Ltd with him first paying 70% of our quoted price as
mobilisation. I will be entitled to 30% of whatever profit we make after the
deduction of all expenses.

If you are interested and capable of handling this supply with me, kindly get
back to me urgently so that I can furnish you with more details and the
contacts of the manufacturing company in Europe and that of Abdul Al-Gareeb
Group(WA)Ltd
Kindly be notified that at no point in time should you let Abdul Al-Gareeb
Group(WA)Ltd to know that you are not the producer of the medicine and we
should never allow them to know the contact of our real source in Europe so
that they would'nt boypass us to deal directly with them.

I will very much appreciate you include your telephone number, so that i can
call you for more detailed discussion on our next step.

Anticipating to hear from you soonest.

Sincerely Yours
Wilson Dagongo
willy_dago@live.com

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